Subject: EconVue Spotlight July 16, 2017
From: "Lyric Hughes Hale" <[email-masked]>
To: "R. Hunter Biden" <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 16 Jul 2017 15:13:34 -0700 (PDT)

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EconVue Spotlight

Dear R. Hunter,

This week we feature a new panel

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on the state of corporate governance in Asia inspired by the recent 
inclusion of Chinese A-Shares in the MSCI. The general conclusion of our 
three EconVue panelists, Stanford fellow Marsha Vande Berg

https://econvue.com/experts/marsha-vande-berg

, Karim Pakravan

https://econvue.com/experts/karim-pakravan

in Chicago, and Nicholas Benes

https://econvue.com/experts/nicholas-benes

in Tokyo, is that foreign shareholders can play a useful, if currently 
limited role in creating market transparency. Registered users

https://econvue.com/user/register?destination=node/1313%23comment-form

are welcome to post comments.

Their conclusions are based upon a wide variety of viewpoints, research, 
and experiences, as you can see by clicking on their biographies. One of 
our goals at EconVue has been to bring together a select group of 
experts from around the world to engage in thoughtful long-form 
discussions of economic news.

Other stories of note include an analysis of China's Financial Work 
Conference on a new website at the University of Chicago, Macro Polo

https://macropolo.org/

, an illuminating history of the China- North Korea relationship, and an 
interview by Devin Stewart with Fordham's rising star Raymond Kuo. It is 
the most thought-provoking interview about Asian and global geopolitics 
I have read in a long time.

EconVue expert Collin Canright

https://econvue.com/experts/collin-canright

's Fintech newsletter is listed below, which now includes a national 
calendar of Fintech events

http://www.fintechrising.net/calendar-of-events

and a list of the seven things to watch for in over-hyped fintech 
startups. Next week we will have a special focus on Iran, the second 
largest economy in the Middle East.

STORIES IN OUR SPOTLIGHT Conversation with Raymond Kuo: Can Trump be a 
Bismarck in Asia?

https://www.carnegiecouncil.org/studio/multimedia/2017-0622-raymond-kuo-can-trump-be-a-bismarck-in-asia

Devin Stewart 6/22/2017 Carnegie Council

Terrific interview if you're looking for a wider lens on global 
politics, especially Asia. Major Decisions Afoot at China's Upcoming 
Financial Work Conference

https://macropolo.org/major-decisions-afoot-chinas-upcoming-financial-work-conference/

Houze Song 7/12/2017 Macro Polo Speculation is that this conference, 
held every five years, could result in a super regulator of China's 
financial sector. A concern overall is that weaknesses exist not just in 
terms of debt, but that assets are overvalued. Insurance companies 
assets for example grew 60% between 2014-16. Why Won't China Help with 
North Korea? Remember 1956

http://www.chinafile.com/reporting-opinion/viewpoint/why-wont-china-help-north-korea-remember-1956

Sergey Radchenko 7/9/2017 China File Excellent historical background. 
Mapped: How Climate Change Affects Extreme Weather Around the World

https://www.carbonbrief.org/mapped-how-climate-change-affects-extreme-weather-around-the-world

Carbon Brief 7/6/2017

Caused by technology, only technology, not politics or pacts or 
agreements, can ever solve the challenge of climate change. And by the 
way, every signatory to the Paris Agreement has a different agreement, 
called an NCD (Nationally Determined Contribution) and none are 
compulsory. Japanese Retail Giant Accepts Bitcoin Nationwide after 
Successful Trial

https://www.cryptocoinsnews.com/japanese-retail-giant-accepts-bitcoin-nationwide-successful-trial/

Samburaj Das 7/11/2017 Cryptocoins News

Japanese electronics retailer Bic Camera will enable bitcoin payments 
across all stores in the country this month. The trial proved to be 
beyond successful. Bitcoin Crashes as Chain-Split Risks Increase

https://www.cryptocoinsnews.com/bitcoin-crashes-chain-split-risks-increase/

Andrew Quentson 7/16/2017 Cryptocoins News

August 1st is a big deal in the world of cryptocurrency. Here's why. 
Record Decline in Teenagers Learning to Drive, Figures Show

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/07/10/record-decline-teenagers-learning-drive-figures-show/

Katie Morley 7/10/2017 The Telegraph

An entirely new Generation X could be negative for the auto industry. 
Not to be confused with Millennials, they are extremely value and 
security conscious, and their reasons for delaying learning to drive are 
mostly economic. This article is about the decline in the UK (30%) but 
the same trend is occurring in the US. Why Many Teens Don't Want to Get 
a Driver's License

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/updates/many-teens-dont-want-get-drivers-license/

Risky Mortgages, Shadow Bankers Threaten Vancouver Housing Market's 
Stability

http://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/vancouver-real-estate-in-the-red?cn=bWVudGlvbg%3D%3D&cn=cmV0d2VldA%3D%3D

Sam Cooper 6/17/2017 Vancouver Sun

The Bank of Canada warns of two key risks in Canada's housing market. 
The first is that property prices and household debt have reached such 
extremes in Vancouver and Toronto, that "just about anything" could 
trigger a correction. First Object Teleported from Earth to Orbit

https://www.technologyreview.com/s/608252/first-object-teleported-from-earth-to-orbit/?set=608245

MIT Technology Review 7/12/2017 The view from 1.6 million feet: 
researchers in China have teleported a photon from the ground to a 
satellite orbiting more than 500 kilometers above. ECONVUE RESEARCH

Unintended Consequences: China's Inclusion in MSCI 

https://econvue.com/panels/unintended-consequences-chinas-inclusion-msci

(DISCUSSION PANEL)

China's A-Share market has now been included in the MSCI Emerging Market 
Index. What does this mean for the corporate governance in China? Join 
our experts to discuss this in detail

Data Round-Up: Real Consumption Likely Grew +2.8% in 17Q2; Core 
Inflation Picking Up Some

https://econvue.com/reports/michael-lewis/data-round-real-consumption-likely-grew-28-17q2-core-inflation-picking-some

Michael Lewis

https://econvue.com/experts/michael-lewis

(Subscriber content)

After its lull this spring, core inflation is turning up, gradually. The 
FOMC continues to believe that inflation will rise to target (and FMI 
continues to think it will happen sooner than Yellen expects -- by 
around year-end, in fact).

Forming a More Perfect Health System: Senate Republicans Confront Their 
Policy Demons

https://econvue.com/pulse/forming-more-perfect-health-system-senate-republicans-confront-their-policy-demons

David Johnson

https://econvue.com/experts/david-w-johnson

Constructive health reform does not require more money. It does require 
redistributing healthcare resourses away from acute and specialty care 
and into preventative health, chronic disease management and behavioral 
health services. It also demands greater transparency, lower 
administrative costs and balanced regulatory oversight.

Fintech Rising: What FinTech Means

https://econvue.com/pulse/what-fintech-means

Collin Canright

https://econvue.com/experts/collin-canright

I look at FinTech more broadly as the application of internet, mobile, 
and data-analysis technologies in financial services, which I divide 
into the following market segments: payments, lending, wealth 
management, capital markets, insurance. I also include new technologies 
designed to make banking and regulation more efficient, as I described 
in an earlier article, What Is FinTech?

With all best wishes,

Lyric Hughes Hale

Editor-in-Chief

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